Re: Find a networked computer name

Thanks for all the answers, but they aren't quite what I'm looking for! I can find out my local IP address and the name of the computer and which workgroup it is in. But what I really want is the DHCP network address for it. If I run netstat on a remote connection I can see the DHCP name ( dhcp-offices8-187.xxxx.xx.xx) and ipconfig gives me the DHCP IP address. Thx in advance.

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Re2: Find a networked computer name by dingus (Friar) on Dec 20, 2002 at 14:16 UTC
OK I think we have some nomenclature problems here. I assume you are running on a windos box. You know the IP address of your computer? yes? (if not then ipconfig) That IP address may refer to two different names. Firstly there is the netbios name - which is what you have when you use explorer to find other computers in your workgroup. Secondly there is the domain name, which is what your computer is called when people try to use standard IP and DNS to find it. It sounds like you want the second one. You can find this name by doing a reverse DNS lookup of your ip address on your local DNS Server. The dig program is a good way to do this and there exists a script called perldig if you don't have a real dig. Actually in your case the DHCP/DNS name appears to be 'dhcp-offices8-'.$ip_address where $ip_address is your IP address so why bother doing anything more complex? Dingus `Enter any 47-digit prime number to continue.`	[reply]

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Re2: Find a networked computer name
by dingus (Friar) on Dec 20, 2002 at 14:16 UTC

You know the IP address of your computer? yes? (if not then ipconfig)

That IP address may refer to two different names. Firstly there is the netbios name - which is what you have when you use explorer to find other computers in your workgroup. Secondly there is the domain name, which is what your computer is called when people try to use standard IP and DNS to find it.

It sounds like you want the second one. You can find this name by doing a reverse DNS lookup of your ip address on your local DNS Server. The dig program is a good way to do this and there exists a script called perldig if you don't have a real dig.

Actually in your case the DHCP/DNS name appears to be 'dhcp-offices8-'.$ip_address where $ip_address is your IP address so why bother doing anything more complex?

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